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The Gilas Pilipinas team CADETS who saw action in the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers in Bahrain could soon be officially included in the national group through another special Gilas draft.
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas President Al Panlilio highlighted the agreement with the PBA in which select players are included in a special round of Gilas from the Rookie Draft and subsequently placed on loan to the group of national teams.
“That was the agreement. I think every draft now will give the SBP a shot at certain players that we want to put into the pool, “the soft-spoken executive told SportsPage.
“Going into the next draft, if we pick three, four, five players, we will most likely have to ask some of the players to come back to the PBA now and play for their parent teams. The fix, really, it was that they had a mother team. That is why the writing was done so that when the SBP is ready to release them, they would know where to go and which PBA team they would go, so that it would continue. “
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SBP Program Director Tab Baldwin in an earlier interview expects the same for the class of 2019.
“It is an ongoing process,” he said. “You’ll see the same thing happen in next year’s draft.”
The first players to join the Gilas program through that system were Isaac Go, who was chosen by Columbian (now Terrafirma), Rey Suerte, (Blackwater), Matt Nieto (NLEX), Allyn Bulanadi (Alaska) and Mike Nieto. (Rain or sun).
Among those likely to be part of next year’s group are Justine Baltazar from La Salle, Calvin Oftana from San Beda, Javi Gómez de Liano from the University of the Philippines and Will Navarro from Ateneo. They all have one more year left in their college majors, but they have yet to make a decision about turning professionals.
Dwight Ramos, one of the Philippines’ starters in the Bahrain bubble, will play his first year with the Ateneo in UAAP season 83, while Kobe Paras and Juan Gómez de Liano still have two years in the UP and, according to the They are reportedly attracting interest from teams abroad.
Dave Ildefonso, who transferred from the National University to the Ateneo at the beginning of the year, also has two more years as a university player, as does San Beda’s Kemark Carino.
Jaydee Tungcab, a late addition to Gilas’ starting group, has already exhausted all of her playing years for the Fighting Maroons and is the only insurance to be included if the PBA has a next batch of Gilas special recruits.
Panlilio, however, said the SBP has yet to formally discuss the matter with the PBA given the unusual arrangement that has been last season, with only the 2020 PBA Philippines Cup being the only conference to be held.
“We only had one conference this year, so I don’t know what Commissioner Willie Marcial will recommend to the board. I hope to have that discussion, “he said.
If SBP and PBA decide to proceed with the same configuration, Terrafirma will choose first again, followed by NorthPort, Blackwater, NLEX and Rain or Shine in the top five.
However, it should be noted that in the regular phase of the draft, the Elite do not. Pick 3 will air to the Road Warriors after the three-team trade that focused on sending JP Erram to TNT.
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